Pins and Needles - Two Sides of a Coin - Tale's Ahead

PINS AND NEEDLES

Is it cramp from the damp as we camp
sit still online from dawn till lit lamp,
or hairs rising from head
when uncertain ahead
why excitement removes trace of cramp?

31 August 2009

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Pins and Needles Etymology

Date: 1813
: a pricking tingling sensation in a limb growing numb or recovering from numbness
on pins and needles: in a nervous or jumpy state of anticipation

poem by Jonathan Robin
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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